Bees
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patches-own [ home? loc loc-size door-size ] turtles-own [ fav-loc fav-rating found-loc? loc-spot flash-count old-color ] breed [ bees bee] breed [ scouts scout ] breed [ movers mover ] to setup clear-all ask patches [ setup-home ] ifelse random-loc? = true[ ask one-of patches with [pcolor = black][ setup-new-loc 1 ] ask one-of patches with [pcolor = black][ setup-new-loc 2 ] ] [ ask patch -10 0 [ setup-new-loc 1 ] ask patch 10 0 [ setup-new-loc 2 ] ] ask patches [ setup-loc-props ] setup-bees reset-ticks end to setup-home set home? (distancexy 0 0) < 5 if home? = true [ set pcolor yellow ] end to setup-new-loc [n] let randx [pxcor] of self let randy [pycor] of self if n = 1 [ set loc n ask patches in-radius 3 [ set loc n ] ] if n = 2 [ set loc n ask patches in-radius 3 [ set loc n ] ] end to setup-loc-props if loc = 1 [ set pcolor blue set loc-size loc1-size set door-size loc1-door-size ] if loc = 2 [ set pcolor red set loc-size loc2-size set door-size loc2-door-size ] end to setup-bees create-bees num-bees [ set color white set size 2 move-to one-of patches with [home? = true] set loc-spot 0 ] ask n-of num-scouts bees [ set breed scouts set color grey set found-loc? false ] end to go ask turtles [ wiggle check-for-move ] ask bees [ check-for-dance ] ask scouts [ ifelse found-loc? = false [ check-loc ] [ run-home share-loc ] ] ask movers [ move-home ] tick end to wiggle ifelse breed = bees [ ifelse [pcolor != yellow] of patch-ahead 0.1 [ rt random 360 ][ fd 0.1 rt random 360 ] ][ ifelse loc-spot = 0 [ fd 0.2 rt random 360 ] [ face one-of patches with [loc = [loc-spot] of myself] rt random 180 lt random 180 fd 0.2 ] ] end to check-loc if [pcolor != black and pcolor != yellow] of patch-here[ set fav-loc [loc] of patch-here set color [pcolor] of patch-here - 2 set fav-rating (loc-size + door-size) / 2 set flash-count floor fav-rating set found-loc? true set loc-spot 0 ] end to run-home face one-of patches with [home? = true] rt random 180 lt random 180 fd 0.1 end to share-loc if color = green [ set color old-color ] if [pcolor = yellow] of patch-here and color != green [ if flash-count > 0 [ set old-color color set color green set flash-count flash-count - 1 ] ] if any? other scouts in-radius 1 with [color = green and fav-rating < [fav-rating] of myself][ let other-scouts any? other scouts in-radius 1 with [color = green and fav-rating < [fav-rating] of myself] ask other-scouts [ set flash-count 0 ] ] end to check-for-dance if any? scouts in-radius 1 with [color = green] [ let dancer one-of scouts in-radius 1 with [color = green] if random 100 < 20 [ set breed scouts set color grey set found-loc? false set loc-spot [fav-loc] of dancer ] ] end to check-for-move if count scouts with [fav-loc = [fav-loc] of myself] in-radius 2 > floor count bees * .9 [ set breed movers ] end to move-home face one-of patches with [loc = [fav-loc] of myself] rt random 180 lt random 180 fd 0.1 end
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Nathan Holbert
Unfinished Test
This was a test model I messed around with one afternoon after seeing on frontline that how bees choose a new hive is an emergent phenomenon. The basic premise was that scout bees go out and look check out new hives. When they return, they do a little dance to tell the other bees how great the hive they found is. When other bees also try to report about the hives they saw, it's all about who has the most emphatic dance (they also try to disrupt the dance of one another). I thought it woud be cool to model this, but never quite finished it.
Posted almost 12 years ago